H.M.S. Caledon (1916)
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H.M.S. Caledon (1916) | |
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Pendant Number: | 69 (Apr 1917) 22 (Jan 1918) 65 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
Ordered: | Dec, 1915[3] |
Laid down: | 17 Mar, 1916[4] |
Launched: | 25 Nov, 1916[5] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1917[6] |
Sold: | Jan, 1848[7] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Alterations
Caledon was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Claud Hamilton Sinclair, February 1917.
- Captain Walter Henry Cowan
- Commander Henry S. M. Harrison-Wallace, September, 1917,[9] in command at end of war.
- Captain Arthur Allan Morison Duff, May 1919.
- Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones, July 1919.
- Captain Algernon Henry Chester Candy, January 1922.
- Captain Dudley B. N. North, September 1922.
- Captain Fischer Burges Watson, April 1924.
- Captain Miles B. Birkett, April 1926.
- Captain Hubert Ardill, December 1927.
- Captain John U. P. Fitzgerald, December 1929.
- Captain Cecil Nugent Reyne, December 1933.
More at Colin Mackie's website.[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 748.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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